Improvement in harvesters



.UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE.

JAMES MGALEER, OF GHAMBERSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEM ENT IN HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 25,748, dated Octoberll, 1859.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES MOALEER, of Chambersburg, in the county of Franklin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Grain-Harvesting Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drav ings, forming a part of this speci fcation, in which- Figure l is a plan or top view of a harvester with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a Vertical tranverse section, ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference in each of the several gures indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to certain improve ments in the binding apparatus of U. H. McAleer, patented August 16, 1859; and it consists in the arrangement of two seats, which face at'right angles to each other, directly behind the forked elevating 'device of U. H. McAleer, and alongside a combination gaveltrough and platform, whichvmay be provided with a compressing apparatus, substantially in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to decribe its construction and operation.

A represents the rnain platform of a harvestingniachine. It is hinged to an auxiliary frame or platform, A'.

B B are guides or conductors at the rear edge ofthe same.

C is a pivoted forked elevator. It is hung between posts a a, so as to turn up and down-4` ward, it only differing from C. H. McAleers elevation in not having compressing standards combined with it, and in being constructed and arranged so as to elevate the grain somewhat higher than he contemplated. This higher elevation of the grain allows the sheaf ot grain to be more conveniently seized by the man who sits on the forward seat.

D D' are two seats arranged on the frame or lauxiliary platform A', which supports the elevating device. The seat D is forward of seat D' and faces toward the front of 'the machine, while the seat D' faces toward the right or near side ofthe machine.

F F' is what I term a combination conducting-trough and binding-table. The conductingtrough F is set oblique, inclined downward, and situated in close relation to the elevating device, so that the sheaf of grain, as soon as elevated, may be slipped intol and through it onto the table without compelling the man who sits on the seat D to bear its weight. The table F' is situated in front of the seat D', and is provided with a compressing dcvicecomposed of two curved bars, d d', one of which is stationary and the other movable on a pivot, e. Themovable iron termihates in a treadle, so that the operator, by applying his foot to it, may compress the sheaf and hold it compressed .until he has bound or tied it with the straws which the tirst manl placed around it while elevating it, said straws having been taken from areceptacle, G,

on the oft' side of the auxiliary platform. The raker, who stands on the machine, deposits the cut grain upon 'the elevator U, and the attendant in his seat D elevates the gavel vby depressing the rear end of the frame connected to the shaft of the elevator U by his foot, thus bringing the gavel within his reach.

It will be observed that the bindingtable has an inner and outer guard, but provides a free exit at its rear for the sheaf ot' grain as soon as bound.

From the above description of parts the great utility of my arrangement will be readi- 1y perceived and appreciated.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent as an improyement on the binding apparatus ot' U. H. McAleer, patented August I6, 1559, is-

The arrangement of the two seats D D', one facing at right angles to the other, conducting-trough and binding-table F F', and the elevating device C, all for use together in the manner and for the purpose herein described.

The abovespeccation of my improvement in harvesters signed by me this 30th day of August, 1859.'

JAMES MOALEER. 

